Spool-holder.



No. 873,506. PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907.

H. D. CLARK.

SPOOL HOLDER. APPLICATION PIL'ED 'JULYIO. 1907.

Qpiuentoz s co., WASHINUTDN, D- c.

HERVEY D.. CLARK, OF ARCOLA, ILLINOIS.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed July 10. 1907. Serial No. 383096.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERVEY D. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residin at Arcola, in the county of Douglas and tate of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in SpoolJ-Iolders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to spool holders for holding spools of thread andfor attaching the.

same to the garments of the person using the same; and it has for itsobject to simplify and improve the construction and operation of thisclass of devices.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure I is a sectional view of a spool mounted upon theimproved holder, the latter being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing the device applied to a ladys waist.

Corresponding parts in both figures are de noted by like characters ofreference.

The improved spool holder is formed of wire and it comprises a bodyportion A, and a connecting portion B and an attaching portion 0. I

The body portion A is bent intermediate the ends thereof to form an arch1 and straight ortions 23 formed in alinement with eac other adjacent tosaid arch. The connecting portion B is bent approximately at rightangles to one of the straight portions, 2, and the attaching portion 0is bent approximately at a right angle to the connecting portion B; saidattaching portion being sharpened at its free extremity to form a pinpoint 4, which will readily penetrate the garments of the wearer. Theattaching portion or pin C, it will be observed, is disposedapproximately parallel to the body portion including the straightportions 2'3; and at the free extremity of the latter portion the wireis bent in the direction of the attaching portion 0 to form a catch 5having a terminal eye 6.

In operation, the body portion A of the improved holder is insertedthrough the cent a aperture 7 of an ordinary spool 8; the inherentresiliency of the wire of which the device is formed permitting thecatch 5 to be bent into approximate alinement with the body portion ofthe device, so that said body portion mayreadily be inserted through theaperture of the spool which is occupied by the arch 1 of the bodyportion, after which the catch 5 will spring into position adjacent tothe end of the spool, as clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thussecuring the spool in position and preventing it from slipping off theholder; the arch 1 and the straight portions 23 of the body portion Awill engage or bear upon diametrically op osite sides of the aperture orbore of the s to which latter will thus be held suflicient y firmly, butin such a manner as to be capable of rotating freely as the thread isbeing unreeled or unwound therefrom; when it is desired to remove thespool this may readily be effected by pressing the catch 5 in a downwarddirection, after which the spool may be readily withdrawn as will beeasily understood. The eye portion 6 constitutes a handle by means ofwhich the catch may be manipulated.

By this improved device the spool will be held and supported in such amanner that it will freely rotate when thread is drawn therefrom.

The entire device with the spool attached, may be readily supported bythe pin or attaching member 0 upon the waist or any other garment of theoperator, and it will be supported in such a manner as to swing freelyupon the pin or attaching member 0, thus facilitating the manipulationof the thread.

Having thus fully described the invention,

formed approximately at right angles to each In testimony whereof, Ia'l'lix my signature otherl, said aliititching portion being appiloxiinpresence of two witnesses.

mate y ara e to the body ortion, anc the i 7 latter b ing providedinterriiediate its ends HERVE} (/LAhh' With an arch and at its free orterminal end Witnesses:

with a catch extending opposite to the arch THOMAS B. CHEER,

and having a terminal eye. J ASPER DULIN.

